Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1887-03-26

tent and not at all backward. He confded
10 us that he belonged to base ball nine
which was called the "Bloomin' Lilies" and
that this club had lately walloped an
other known as the "Silver Shields The
appropriateness of the names to these ragged
colored urchins was strildngly in contrast
with their appearance.
Charleston stores do not size I'D with those
Of northern towns Of half the size in appear
ance. The windows are not used to any ex-
tent for the display Of goods, and 1 saw
many store windows shut partially from view
by iron lattice work, which was kept up all
day long. The town in fact is vitality different
from those of the north, and though nearly
1000 vessels land at its port yearly, though
1t produces 100000 or 100000 year III
manufactures, and though its trade amounts
to between $50, O00,0 and $40, 600, 900 year,
it has little hustle and no apparent life. 1t
may be that the earthquake has driven it out,
l do not know.
Nevertheless, 1 imagine Charleston is a
pleasant residence, and doubt not there are
many comfortable homes in these wide gal
leried houses. 1t impressed Senator Mander
son more like an Italian city than an Ameri-
can one, and it looks to me like city Of the
same size in the interior of France. New Or
leans is emphatically a foreign city, and
Charleston seems to be its half sister. Its
promenade, known as the Battery, is one of
the prettiest walks l have met with, and the
park at the end of it, overlooking the harbor.
is full of trees and furnished with many easy
benches. 1t has statue in it, and there are
numerous tree boxes about palmetto plants
scattered throughout it. The plants are,
however, dead, and l saw only one or two
palmetto trees within the city.
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The country south of Charleston through
which the railroad goes is as wild as the
newly penetrated frontiers of the great west.
Its towns are small, and with the exception
of here and there new one which has sprung
up with the railroad, they are all old and
dilapidated The people of the country ap-
pear poor, and l saw more single oxen
hltched up with rope harness into carts than
L did horses. We passed through the Beau
fort district of South Carolina, which is said
to have about 1000 negroes in it to every
white person, and l noted at the stations
that the colored citizens had evidently made
their clothes in crazy quilt order, and that
patches predominated OH coat and panta-
looms
We reached Savannah at nightfall and
were here met by Judge Emory Spear, the
mayor of the city, and other prominent citi-
zens, and were entertained by them at din
ner Judge Spear looks very much like John
S. Wise, of Virginia, and Henry Grady, Of
Atlanta. The three could pass for triplets,
and they are, in fact, the most progressive
set of triplets in the south. Spear is very
popular in Georgia, and was told at Savan-
nah that he would act contrary to his nature
if he did not jump again into politics before
long.
Savannah, by the way, is the greatest ship
ping point for naval stores in the United
States. Georgia mas been making greaG
quantities of turpentine, pitch, tar and ros.n
during the past few years, and l was told
here that 100000 barrels of turpentine were
now shipped from Savannah yearly. Senator
Palmer says the state does this at the expense
of its forests, and he doubts much whether
Georgia will not lose by it in the end. The
pine trees die under the process. The fires
get in and the forests are burned. We saw a
number of forest fires during our trip both in
North Carolina and Georgia, and in some
cases the blaze appeared large enough to en-
velop the whole country.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.